Pipe joint



Dec' 6, 1949 H. L LEFEVRE-SELMER 2,490,640

PIPE JOINT Filed Oct. 28, 1946 Patented Dec. 6, 1949 PIPE JOINT Henri Lon Lefevre-Selmer, Mantes-la-Ville, France Application October 28, 1946, Serial No.

In France January 24, 1945 1 Claim. (Cl. 285-129) The present invention has for its object to improve the method of assembly of the various parts of the bodies of saxophones and, in general, of all wind instruments of which the bodies are formed by straight curved tube sections joined together by welding.

Whereas the assembling of the various f instruments of this kind is at present eiected solely by means of welded sleeves, the device according to the invention has no weld. This device can be taken apart and rea-assembled indenitely and thereby allows of easy access, checking and polishing of the inside and outside of the finished bodies, as in a straight instrument.

The invention essentially consists in effecting the assembly by means sections for obtaining the assembly and are concealed in a recess provided on the periphery of the inner face of said sleeve.

The device accordingto the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing.

Fig. l is a sectional view of two abutting sections and of the assembling sleeve;

Fig. 2 is a View in section along the line A-A of Fig, 1;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are sectional Views relating to variants of the embodiment shown in Fig. l.

The device (Figs. 1 and 2) comprises a sleeve or collar l which is split in two and provided with two bosses 3, 3a, which receive the tightening screws 4.

The element 5 is crimped at its end so as to form a rim 6 and beyond said rim an engaging surface l; the other element 6 is itself crimped to form a bearing surface il in which the surface bearing surfaces l and El and the rim 6.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 3, flanges l0 and II are respectively formed at the ends )f the elements 5 and 8 by a right angle bend )btained by crimping said ends; as in the pre- 'ious embodiment, the sleeve I rits over the two langes I0 and Il which are housed in the recess f the inner face of the sleeve.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the ends f the elements 5 and 8, instead of being bent Cil back at right angles to form flanges, are bent back on themselves to form portions of eXtra thickness I2 and I3 over which the sleeve I ts in the one another is portions of the ends, instead of being folds of the metal, obtained by crimping, are formed by rings I5, I6 fixed by welding on said ends.

tted over the other element between the end of said other element and its peripheral rib.

HENRI LON LEFEVRE-SELMER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS of record in the Certificate of Correction Patent N o. 2,490,640 December 6, 1949 HENRI LON LEFEVRE-SELMER It is hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows:

In the heading to the printed specication, line 6, foreign filing date, for "January 24, 1945 read January 24 1.946;

and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent O'ce.

Signed and sealed this 27th day of June, A. D. 1950,

[SEAL] THOMAS F. MURPHY,

Assistant Commissioner of Patents. 

